Like the creation myths they supersede, the revelations of science are seared into our collective imagination through storytelling. From Archimedes' bath to Newton's apple, vivid accounts of scientific discovery help us understand the principles behind each theory, and add to the larger narrative of how the universe works, and how we came to be here.
Like the creation myths they supersede, the revelations of science are seared into our collective imagination through storytelling. From Archimedes' bath to Newton's apple, vivid accounts of scientific discovery help us understand the principles behind each theory, and add to the larger narrative of how the universe works, and how we came to be here.
This anthology draws out and distills science’s love of narrative from a wide range of scientific disciplines, weaving theory into very human stories, and delving into the humanity of theorists and experimenters as they stood on the brink of momentous discoveries: from Joseph Swan’s original light-bulb moment to the uncovering of ‘mirror neurons’ lighting up empathy zones in the human brain; from Einstein's revelation on a Bern tram, to Pavlov’s identification of personality types thanks to a freak flood in his St Petersburg lab.
Each story has been written in close consultation with scientists and historians and is accompanied by a specially written afterword, expanding on the science for the general reader.
Together, they bring vividly to life the stories behind the 'eureka!' moments that changed the way we live, forever.
作者简介
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Frank Cottrell Boyce has written several children's books, including Millions, winner of the Carnegie Medal, and Cosmic, both of which have been turned into films. He lives in England with his family.
Sarah Hall is an English novelist, and poet. Her critically acclaimed second novel, The Electric Michelangelo, was nominated for the 2004 Man Booker Prize. She lives in Norwich, i...
Frank Cottrell Boyce has written several children's books, including Millions, winner of the Carnegie Medal, and Cosmic, both of which have been turned into films. He lives in England with his family.
Sarah Hall is an English novelist, and poet. Her critically acclaimed second novel, The Electric Michelangelo, was nominated for the 2004 Man Booker Prize. She lives in Norwich, in eastern England.
1952年，图灵发表了开创性论文《形态发生的化学基础》（The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis））②，此时距沃森和克里克公布DNA结构还有一年。但很明显，即使在那时，身体也是一种突变形式。图灵的灵感来自在许多植物结构中观察到的斐波那契数列现象（例如，树的枝丫或松果的排列）。他想知道，复杂的生物生长和发育如何通过简单的自然机制实现。
图灵特别感兴趣的是从动物斑纹中观察到的图案。他想从科学的角度解答吉卜林提出的问题：豹子身上的斑点是如何形成的？斑马的条纹，奶牛的斑点，所有这些现象都指向了同样的谜团。图灵从一个假设着手：斑纹作为胚胎的预设图案或“模板”，设定在了发育中的动物体内。随着时间的推移，随着胚胎的生长，这个模板会被胚胎表面（即皮肤）的色素“填满”，相当于按数字填颜色。 (查看原文)
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